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Yarmouth, MA — The Yarmouth Police Department is notifying the community of a nationwide cyber attack against the OnSolve CodeRED emergency notifications system, and encouraging users of the system to immediately change their passwords. Per the vendor: Community members and residents who are signed…
BOURNE – A reported head-on crash on MacArthur Boulevard (Route 28) shut down the southbound lanes. The collision happened about 8 PM south of Barlow’s Landing Road. EMTs evaluated victims for injuries but luckily none appeared serious. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Further…
OAK BLUFFS – From Oak Bluffs Police: On Saturday, November 22, 2025, at 7:19 PM, the Oak Bluffs Police Department and Oak Bluffs Fire-EMS personnel responded to #52 Circuit Avenue (Third World Trading Co) for a motor vehicle that drove into the building. The first responding officers observed…
SOUTH YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS — A traffic stop turned into a heart-pounding pursuit Saturday evening – 11/22/25 – when a local man bolted from his car, leaping fences and dodging cops before a police dog forced his surrender. Christopher Newell, 35, was reportedly behind the…
WELLFLEET – An excavator appeared to have fallen off of a flatbed truck it was being towed on in Wellfleet. The incident happened shortly before noon Saturday on Route 6 in the area of Blackfish Variety. The driver escaped injury but was trapped until Eversource could cut power to the area. The…
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS – A 20-year-old local man found himself in handcuffs early this morning after Barnstable Police located a stolen GMC Sierra pickup truck parked brazenly outside 255 Bearses Way. Shawn Borden of Hyannis was arrested on charges of larceny of a motor…
YARMOUTH – From Yarmouth Police: You may have seen it in the news recently in Massachusetts, but realistic-looking fake firearms have been around for some time. Airsoft, pellet-firing, and BB guns that look nearly identical to real firearms are making their way into the hands of people who may…
CHATHAM – A excavator was consumed by flames in Chatham shortly before 2 PM Friday. Fire crews responded to T. W. Nickerson at 160 Mill Hill Road and worked to extinguish the fire. No injuries were reported. Further details were not immediately available. The post Excavator catches fire in Chatham…
HYANNIS – A Cape Air plane returned to Cape Cod Gateway Airport after the pilot reported one of his engines went out. Flight tracking shows the plane had departed on a scheduled flight to Binghamton, NY when the pilot diverted back to Hyannis. About 11:15 AM, the Tecnam P2012 Traveller twin engine…
BOURNE – A man was critically injured in an apparent industrial accident at a cranberry bog in Bourne. Rescuers were called to a sandpit in the bog off of the 1000 block of County Road about 8:30 AM Friday morning. Reports indicated the victim may have gotten caught in some machinery. CWN will…
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